Adjustable support for persons during dress-fitting



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0. P. BARTLETT.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR PERSONS DURING DRESS FITTING.

No. 251,507. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CAROLINE F. BARTLETT, OF'BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR PERSONS DURING DRESS-FITTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,507, dated December 2'7, 1881. Application filed May 18, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE F. BARTLETT, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Adjustable Supports for thePerson During Dress-Fitting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an adjustable supportfor the person duringthe operation of dress fitting and draping.

It is well known that in order to have their dresses fitted and draped by a dress-maker ladies are required to stand in an uncomfortable position, the operation being extremely fatiguing, and if prolonged to a considerable length of time, as is frequently the case, sometimes producing vertigo and fainting.

This invention ihas for its object. to obviate these evils and to furnish a convenient and comfortable support, against which the person may lean slightly, in a nearly-erect position, while the dress is being fitted and the skirt draped, said support being adapted to be contained in the space inclosed by the skirts and drapery of the person supported, as I will now proceed to specifically describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a top view of an adjustable support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on the line 00 00, Fig. 1.

The same letters relate to the same parts in both figures.

In the drawings, 0. represents the support, which is formed from aboard or plank of proper thickness, and preferably about eight and onehalf inches wide between the points 1 2, and about seventeen inches long in the direction x a), Fig. 1. The support is provided upon one side with a narrow horn or tongue, b, adapted to be bestriddcn by the person using the support without materially separating the legs, and with lateral projections c 0, extending from each side of the horn or tongue I), and curved to meet the sides of said horn, as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose hereinafter described.

Attached to the under side of the supporta is a metallic sleeve, 12, said sleeve rendering the support vertically adjustable upon the post or standard 12 OI a light iron tripod, t, the support a being adapted to be fixed at any requircd height by means of an ordinary thumbscrew, 8. I do not, however, confine myself to the described means of sustaining thesupport a, nor to the particular mode set forth of rendering the said support adjustable on its standard, as any suitable standard and means for rendering .the support a adjustable thereon is equally within the spirit of my invent-ion.

In operation the support a is adjusted to the proper height, and is introduced under the skirts of the person who is to occupy it, the tongue or horn b passing between the legs without materially separating them, and the curved portions of the projections c c forming a support for the thighs of the occupant, wholeans slightly against the support in a nearly-erect position.

It is obvious that in order to be practically effective for the purpose intended the support a must sustain the person in a nearly-erect position, as described, and my invention differs from an ordinary seat in this respect, inasmuch as the tongue or horn b, adapted to be bestridden by the person, forms a lateral rest or support for the legs without materially separating them, while the curved projections c a conform to the curve of the thighs and support theoccupant from the rear. The devieeis thus adapted to furnish a comfortable support for a person in a practically standing position while the dress is being fitted and draped, while its dimensions are such that the dressskirt may be arranged outside of it, and therefore it does not interfere with the draping operation.

8 represents a slot formed in the support a for the purpose of attaching thereto the ordinary dress-makers form or artificial bust, said form being attached to the support by means of a suitable pin or bolt passing downwardly through the slot 8. By this means the support, with its tripod, may be used as a support for the form when required.

The support a is preferably upholstered.

"Havin g thus described my invention, I claim- Theimproved support for a person in a standing position, consisting of the narrow tongue or horn adapted to be bestridden by the person IOC without materially separating the legs, the lat- In testimony whereof I have signed my narne eral projections c 0, extending from each side to this specification,in the presence of two subofthehorn andfnrnishin'g rearsupports against scribing Witnesses, this 5th day of May, A. D. which the person may lean slightly while be 1881. striding the horn, and a supporting-standard to which said horn and projections are rigidly attached, all adapted to be contained in the space inclosed by the skirts and drapery of the Witnesses: person supported Without displacing said dra- ()REN S. KNAPP, pery as set forth. W. HASKELL KING.

CAROLINE F. BARTLETT. 

